>>>>Here's a blog from a guy that has a 10 yo son, so he's not too old. When would have been a good time for him to have been screened, in order to prevent the Advanced PC that's killing him? (Notice his low PSA reading....Doctors say 0 to 4.0 is good???) At diagnosis, mine was 20.4.
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>>>>http://advancedprostatecancer.net/
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>>>Hard to say.... but a good thing that they do screen if over a 4.0 PSA.... they just found mine 2 weeks ago at 5.1 and my biopsy is positive... Gleason of 5 at this time... going in Monday to see what to do about it.
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>>Gee. Hate to hear that Tommy. Hope things turn out well.
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>Here are my results as of today....
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>PSA was 5.1 (doesn't mean that much anymore... it is the PSA delta (how fast it changes over time) that alerts them to do other tests.
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>Gleason Grade - Primary 3 - Secondary 4 = 7 (majority of prostate cancers detected - "A moderately poorly differentialted or aggressive cancer"
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>TNM Clinical Staging System - "T1c" - A cancer that cannot be felt with a DRE (rectal exam) but it is detected with a biopsy in one or both sides (the left side in my case) of the prostate, because of an initial high PSA value.
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>Biopsy Cores - Number Positive or Cancerous samples - 5 (of 12 samples)
> Number Negative - 7 (of 12 samples)
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>so.......... it could be a LOT worse !
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>I am going with Radical Prostatectomy done by Da Vinci Robotic control..... in about 6 weeks from now.... go in on Thursday and be out by Friday... stay home about a week and half and back to work....
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>and hopefully prostate cancer free!!!
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>(Radical Prostatectomy is the only SURE way to know if the cancer is contained in the prostate or has spread - they do a pathology exam on it after it has been removed. At this point, the odds are good it is contained.).

Good luck Tommy. A good doctor who can do it using robotic control is worth his/her weight in gold. I'm betting on you.